Father charged with negligent manslaughter after second of two children drowned

river where two children of the same family drowned one year apart

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drowning, negligent death, Wulai District

A resident of New Taipei City’s mountainous Wulai District has been charged for negligent manslaughter after an investigation into the drowning death of his son, just one year after his daughter drowned in the same stream. See previous article: Boy’s body found in same stream his sister drowned last summer Mr Jian, a 40-year-old bus driver, and single father, went fishing in the fast-flowing Nanshi River in August 2019, accompanied by his six-year-old son. Jian told his son to stay

firefighters search for missing boy in Wulai District

Health and Safety

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drowning, Wulai District

The body of a 6-year-old boy was found wedged under a rock in Wulai District’s Nanshi River this morning, 10 days after he went missing August 26. The incident occurred at the same spot his 6-year-old sister drowned last year. On July 29, 2018, a 6-year-old girl from the Jian family sneaked away from her grandmother’s home with her 7-year-old cousin. The two girls went to the riverbank 30 meters from the house to play in the water of the

Tourists using a ladder to climb out of a flooded gorge in Wulai District, New Taipei City

Weather

June 26, 2016 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment flash-flood, Wulai District

Two groups of tourists called emergency services after becoming trapped by floodwaters caused by afternoon thunderstorms in the Wulai District of New Taipei City on Sunday afternoon, June 26. One group was rescued after firefighters and police deployed a ladder into a steep gorge. Another group of 20 people were trapped on a sandbar, and are not considered to be in immediate danger at the time of reporting.